{"id":3000,"date":"2020-07-07T15:55:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T14:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2022-11-15T05:12:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T05:12:31","slug":"beginners-guide-to-adobe-illustrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/beginners-guide-to-adobe-illustrator\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Beginners Guide to Adobe Illustrator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create a vector illustration from scratch<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ILLUSTRATOR-POSTER-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ILLUSTRATOR-POSTER-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ILLUSTRATOR-POSTER-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ILLUSTRATOR-POSTER-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ILLUSTRATOR-POSTER-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ILLUSTRATOR-POSTER-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ILLUSTRATOR-POSTER.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the complete beginners guide to Adobe Illustrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this course, I will be introducing you to the program and covering some essential practise exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I will be demonstrating how to create a small project in Adobe Illustrator from start to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help break down the process I have structured the course in 3 main sections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SECTION 1 \u2013 INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SECTION 2 \u2013 ESSENTIAL PRACTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SECTION 3 \u2013 TEST PROJECT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>CHAPTER 1 \u2013 SETUP &amp; LIVE TRACE<\/li><li>CHAPTER 2 \u2013 DRAWING<\/li><li>CHAPTER 3 \u2013 COLOURING &amp; ADDING TYPE<\/li><li>CHAPTER 4 \u2013 FINISHING &amp; EXPORTING FOR PRINT<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Along the way, we will be covering many topics, such as how to set up your document, understand how the program works, use text in Illustrator, prepare and import images into Illustrator and finally export your document ready for print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.trustpilot.com\/review\/garethdavidstudio.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/trust-2-1024x82.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/trust-2-1024x82.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/trust-2-300x24.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/trust-2-768x62.jpg 768w, https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/trust-2.jpg 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This course has received many <strong>5 star reviews<\/strong> from real students!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>**FYI**<br>In this video series, I will be using Adobe Illustrator CC for Mac. Almost all of the principles demonstrated and covered will apply to future and previous versions. Some differences may apply if you are using a previous or future version.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>Get the course project files from the FREE resource library<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Access all the files to follow along with the 19 episode course&nbsp;<strong>FREE<\/strong> below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.garethdavidstudio.com\/design_school_resource_library\/pages\/software-course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GDS_DOWNLAOD_NEW.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GDS_DOWNLAOD_NEW.jpg 577w, https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GDS_DOWNLAOD_NEW-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/download-instructions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Need help? Read the download instructions here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>Get the course interactive PDF index<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This interactive PDF contains everything you need to follow the course including links to each video with added description and further insight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.garethdavidstudio.com\/design_school_resource_library\/pages\/software-course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BGAI_PDF-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BGAI_PDF-2.jpg 834w, https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BGAI_PDF-2-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BGAI_PDF-2-768x538.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>See more courses like this <a href=\"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/category\/design-series\/software-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create a vector illustration from scratch Welcome to the complete beginners guide to Adobe Illustrator. On this course, I will be introducing you to the program and covering some essential practise exercises. Then I will be demonstrating how to create a small project in Adobe Illustrator from start to finish. To help break down the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,18,90],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-3000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-course-series","category-design","category-software-course","tag-software-course","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3000"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4609,"href":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions\/4609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}